Child found trying to cross Eglin Pkwy.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (7 dic, 2018) – A three-year-old dressed in only a tank top, diaper, and boots was spotted trying to cross Eglin Pkwy. near Hughes St. around 11 p.m. November 26, leading to a quick call to law enforcement and ultimately a child neglect charge against a Fort Walton Beach man.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 25-year old man who admitted he left the child at home sleeping while he went to pick up his wife at her place of employment.

When they got back to the apartment the little girl was missing.

Around the same time the Fort Walton Beach Police Department received a call from an employee at a nearby Wendy’s who was with a small child trying to cross Eglin Parkway.

Deputies say the temperature was 44 degrees when she was located.

The man said he didn’t want to wake the girl, so he left her at the residence; however, he took a two year old with him when he left to pick up his wife at the Fort Walton Beach Walmart.